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About 2 weeks ago I was talking with my friend outside church. I was twirling my umbrella (a tick I guess) and this white lady with a European accent who was walking by basically accused me of wanting to hit her with my umbrella. She went on, I looked at my friend and we were both stunned, she was out her mind. She called me crazy and something like that. Then she told me "If you were to go back to Mexico, what would they think of you'. The heck I thought. I told her I'm not Mexican (my mom is Dominican, my dad is Puerto Rican so she probably assumed every Hispanic looking person was Mexican), she then told me so what "village" do you come from. I was lost for words, I told her I belong to no village I was born in America. She said "so you don't belong to no village", I said not obviously. She went on about it and then she left shaking her head. I looked at my friend both shocked and we both laughed later because of how racist a moment that was. It was so random I haven't forgotten it. I realized quickly she was the crazy one, I had no fear since my friend is bulked up and I'm the one with the umbrella.
But yeah thought I'd share that. First time I clearly had a racist encounter. I've had subtle racist encounters but it could have been misunderstandings but this one was clear as day from the moment she said "if you were to go back to Mexico..." Yeah racism still exists.
But yeah thought I'd share that. First time I clearly had a racist encounter. I've had subtle racist encounters but it could have been misunderstandings but this one was clear as day from the moment she said "if you were to go back to Mexico..." Yeah racism still exists.
I'm sorry you had that experience, socreta! I'm Mexican American, but I've never experienced what you did.
strangely though, I've been asked if I'm Filipino or Indian. idk why lol.
and another time, I told a patient of the office I go to a Spanish speaking church. "I would have never guessed you speak Spanish."
wat? lol
strangely though, I've been asked if I'm Filipino or Indian. idk why lol.
and another time, I told a patient of the office I go to a Spanish speaking church. "I would have never guessed you speak Spanish."
wat? lol
We have that problem in the US. Secular ministers have taken over the big 7 protestant denominations. Gary North wrote a book Crossed Fingers that documented this in the Presbyterian USA in 1932. There are sub denominations that still preach the gospel. Prebysterian PCA and Missouri Synod Lutheran for example. In the 1950s this was a Christian nation but today less than half go to church and only a splinter of them hear the gospel message.
My wife and I adopted 2 multi racial children. We became very sensitized to racism. The vast majority of Americans are not racist. Unfortunately there are still those who are. What shocked me is ghetto blacks seem to be the worst. They blame whitey for holding them down and therefore drop out of school. Thus creating a self fulfilling prophecy. They ignore the blacks that have made it big in government and many professions. Ben Carson is a prime example. His mother living in the ghetto pushed him hard to get an education telling him that he could become whatever he wanted. He made history severing conjoined twins at the head. Both survived.
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